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| 1154193 | 2010-11-18 10:15:00 | I'm using a laptop running XP Pro which does not have the recovery component installed and I am without the install CD. I wish to remove a leftover MBR entry from Acronis image backup which has been uninstalled. This gives "MBR Error 3" on the startup screen for a few secs but causes no other probs and Windows loads & behaves O.K. If I had the recovery console I could easily fix this from "repair" but I have downloaded, burned and run 2 ISOs from diferent sources and they both give me Blue Screen errors after loading the files when booting from CD. I can live with the startup screen message but would like to get rid of it. Anyone suggest a location from which to download the appropriate working recovery image so I can run "fixmbr" & "fixboot" ? Win XP Pro Media Edition (SP3) |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1154194 | 2010-11-18 10:18:00 | 2 ISO's of what? Whats the BSOD say?? Whats the stop error? Does it have a restore partition? If it does, create the cd/dvd. Would this work ? (www.microsoft.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1154195 | 2010-11-18 10:50:00 | Hi, Speedy. The ISOs were images of the XP Recovery component of Windows XP Instal from which to boot for repair, if the original instal did not include this component (quite common, apparently). Any boot disc I create from what's installed will not have the Win recovery element required. From what I read, this can be downloaded as a seperate file and burned for boot repair or installed onto HD. Everything on this laptop is installed on ONE partition. I will boot again from the CD and post the Stop Errors. |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1154196 | 2010-11-18 11:01:00 | If the stop error is 0x0000007b, disable AHCI / SATA in the BIOS (if its on and the hdd is SATA). Then change it back after you run one of those cd's, and fixed that error | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1154197 | 2010-11-18 11:09:00 | Here are the Stop codes: Stop: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005,0xF76130BF,0x7FA5F208,0x7FAEF08) PCI.sys: Address 76130BF Base at F60C000, DateStamp 3b7d855c Does any of this mean anything to you ? |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1154198 | 2010-11-18 11:13:00 | Looks like PCI.sys the file under that stop error maybe corrupt (on the cd you burned). Maybe a bad burn? Try a different blank and a lower speed. More info about that stop error (support.microsoft.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1154199 | 2010-11-18 11:36:00 | Thanks. Researching Stop Errors is like wading through a minefield for me. Think I'll just ignore the MBR error message because everything else works OK for normal usage. Somebody else's laptop |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1154200 | 2010-11-18 17:23:00 | OK Speedy, problem solved. Found ISO download of XP Pro retail full from unmentionable source, burned and booted from it, chose "repair" and the fixboot command rewrote the boot sector removing the unwanted Acronis MBR error. All now in good order. Thanks for your quick response to my post. |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 1154201 | 2010-11-18 20:15:00 | Cool, I would say the ISO you burned before was either corrupt or it was a bad burn | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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